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Player of the Year? Spieth has support of peers

ATLANTA – The people have spoken.

The message was delivered loudly, in fact, and with virtually no ambiguity in what is essentially a mandate between tradition and change, more of the same or something new, to keep with the election-season theme.

“Two majors. It trumps all else,” Rory McIlroy said when asked his thoughts on the ongoing Player of the Year debate between Jordan Spieth and Jason Day.

“Majors. Majors are big,” echoed Rickie Fowler.

Even Day, whose torrid run through the twilight of the 2014-15 season with four victories in his last six starts turned what had been a foregone conclusion into a curious debate, conceded a point that comes down to simple math.